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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you're unconnected and thinking of applying again later if the TTs don't work out, consider also applying to Speyer. Its a K-8, but has a lot of the enrichment the TTs do and small student/teacher ratio and great at acceleration and about half the class each year matriculates into these TTs for high school.

Sorry, what does connected/unconnected mean?

Connected mean numerous things here are a few:

- feeder preschool (School director has a strong relationship with TT schools, and gets a lot of kids in to them)
- Sibling
- Legacy
- A personal connection to someone on the board, admin, teacher who can vouch for you.

Unconnected means you have none of those things on your side.

Is there no shot at all for unconnected families for the list of schools OP listed?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you're unconnected and thinking of applying again later if the TTs don't work out, consider also applying to Speyer. Its a K-8, but has a lot of the enrichment the TTs do and small student/teacher ratio and great at acceleration and about half the class each year matriculates into these TTs for high school.

Sorry, what does connected/unconnected mean?

Connected mean numerous things here are a few:

- feeder preschool (School director has a strong relationship with TT schools, and gets a lot of kids in to them)
- Sibling
- Legacy
- A personal connection to someone on the board, admin, teacher who can vouch for you.

Unconnected means you have none of those things on your side.

Is there no shot at all for unconnected families for the list of schools OP listed?

I don’t know but would letters of support (is thing a thing?) or emails to admissions from current families help an applicant?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you're unconnected and thinking of applying again later if the TTs don't work out, consider also applying to Speyer. Its a K-8, but has a lot of the enrichment the TTs do and small student/teacher ratio and great at acceleration and about half the class each year matriculates into these TTs for high school.

Sorry, what does connected/unconnected mean?

Connected mean numerous things here are a few:

- feeder preschool (School director has a strong relationship with TT schools, and gets a lot of kids in to them)
- Sibling
- Legacy
- A personal connection to someone on the board, admin, teacher who can vouch for you.

Unconnected means you have none of those things on your side.

Is there no shot at all for unconnected families for the list of schools OP listed?

Connected families get priority, the amount of seats remaining compared to the amount of applicants turns it into a lottery with bad odds. You are asking a lot for such young children to be able to differentiate themselves at that age range. Some people do win the lottery and it was easier during COVID when many families left the city.


At MS and HS it is straightforward as the kids need to have the stats and not about future potential.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you're unconnected and thinking of applying again later if the TTs don't work out, consider also applying to Speyer. Its a K-8, but has a lot of the enrichment the TTs do and small student/teacher ratio and great at acceleration and about half the class each year matriculates into these TTs for high school.

Sorry, what does connected/unconnected mean?

Connected mean numerous things here are a few:

- feeder preschool (School director has a strong relationship with TT schools, and gets a lot of kids in to them)
- Sibling
- Legacy
- A personal connection to someone on the board, admin, teacher who can vouch for you.

Unconnected means you have none of those things on your side.

Is there no shot at all for unconnected families for the list of schools OP listed?

No not necessarily. Schools also love diversity and that can mean children from other neighborhoods and small “unknown” preschools. So it doesn’t mean you can’t get in, it’s just another layer to get through.

We are a family that went to a feeder preschool but otherwise totally unconnected to the school we got in to.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you're unconnected and thinking of applying again later if the TTs don't work out, consider also applying to Speyer. Its a K-8, but has a lot of the enrichment the TTs do and small student/teacher ratio and great at acceleration and about half the class each year matriculates into these TTs for high school.

Sorry, what does connected/unconnected mean?

Connected mean numerous things here are a few:

- feeder preschool (School director has a strong relationship with TT schools, and gets a lot of kids in to them)
- Sibling
- Legacy
- A personal connection to someone on the board, admin, teacher who can vouch for you.

Unconnected means you have none of those things on your side.

Is there no shot at all for unconnected families for the list of schools OP listed?

I don’t know but would letters of support (is thing a thing?) or emails to admissions from current families help an applicant?

It can help a little, but unless the family is very connected to the school (big donors, on the board etc), it won’t necessarily have much pull.

[Anonymous]

This is our list too and maybe adding Hewitt. Good luck

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you're unconnected and thinking of applying again later if the TTs don't work out, consider also applying to Speyer. Its a K-8, but has a lot of the enrichment the TTs do and small student/teacher ratio and great at acceleration and about half the class each year matriculates into these TTs for high school.

Sorry, what does connected/unconnected mean?

Connected mean numerous things here are a few:

- feeder preschool (School director has a strong relationship with TT schools, and gets a lot of kids in to them)
- Sibling
- Legacy
- A personal connection to someone on the board, admin, teacher who can vouch for you.

Unconnected means you have none of those things on your side.

Is there no shot at all for unconnected families for the list of schools OP listed?

Connected families get priority, the amount of seats remaining compared to the amount of applicants turns it into a lottery with bad odds. You are asking a lot for such young children to be able to differentiate themselves at that age range. Some people do win the lottery and it was easier during COVID when many families left the city.


At MS and HS it is straightforward as the kids need to have the stats and not about future potential.

MS/HS is the way to go. your kids matter, not your bank account or social status.

The benefit of going to those schools starting in HS/MS is that your smart kids can wipe the floor with the legacies, rich kids who got into the school at K.

but remind them to be nice to those kids and their parents - since they probably will be working for them later in life.

[Anonymous]

Can anyone share what parent interview questions are?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can anyone share what parent interview questions are?

how many comma's is your net worth?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can anyone share what parent interview questions are?

We were asked varying questions depending on the school but here is a few that I wrote down, and most of them were similar or the same:

- Who is she/he now compared to a year ago?

- What kind of extracurricular activities do they do?

- What are your child's strengths?

- What are your child's challenges? How do you/ your child deal with those challenges?

- What does your child do at home when there is down time?

- What is your parental philosophy?

- How do you think your family connects with _______ (fill in blank with school) mission statement? What parts do you connect to the most?

- What are your child's strengths and what do you expect from ________ (fill in blank with school) environment to support them?

- What would be a perfect family day for you if you had no other commitments?

- What would you want to do if you didn't have to worry about work or school, and had no other commitments?


I would say make sure you review your parent statement before the interview because most admissions people will reference it during your in person interview. So make sure what you are saying matches up with the questions they ask. Also make sure you know the main and most important points of the school's mission statment, and even some parts from your tour. They may ask "what was your favorite part of the tour?" This can be easy to answer if your interview is right after the tour but sometimes it isn't. So just take note.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Agree-- if you're interested in the girls' schools it's worth adding Nightingale. It's a little smaller than the other three, but really close to C/S in every way that matters (teaching, curriculum, rigor, exmissions). We go to a different girls' school but we debated a long time.

As did we. It's a nice school.

I have heard some issues with the math department but that could just be random noise.

any color on the math department? Is it a lack of rigor?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can anyone share what parent interview questions are?

how many comma's is your net worth?

Absolutely false.y husband and I are by far not uber rich, not connected, and our daughter is going to a TT SS school.

I feel like people who make comments like this are very bitter for some odd reason.

[Anonymous]

Currently at a TT SS. Quick glance at class makeup shows about 15-20 percent are alumni children, maybe another 30-40 percent are siblings. So there are definitely spots for unconnected families.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can anyone share what parent interview questions are?

how many comma's is your net worth?

Absolutely false.y husband and I are by far not uber rich, not connected, and our daughter is going to a TT SS school.

I feel like people who make comments like this are very bitter for some odd reason.

it was sarcasm and a play on some people here who believe only uber wealthy go to TT private schools.

when in fact most of in fact, not Uber rich.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can anyone share what parent interview questions are?

We were asked varying questions depending on the school but here is a few that I wrote down, and most of them were similar or the same:

- Who is she/he now compared to a year ago?

- What kind of extracurricular activities do they do?

- What are your child's strengths?

- What are your child's challenges? How do you/ your child deal with those challenges?

- What does your child do at home when there is down time?

- What is your parental philosophy?

- How do you think your family connects with _______ (fill in blank with school) mission statement? What parts do you connect to the most?

- What are your child's strengths and what do you expect from ________ (fill in blank with school) environment to support them?

- What would be a perfect family day for you if you had no other commitments?

- What would you want to do if you didn't have to worry about work or school, and had no other commitments?


I would say make sure you review your parent statement before the interview because most admissions people will reference it during your in person interview. So make sure what you are saying matches up with the questions they ask. Also make sure you know the main and most important points of the school's mission statment, and even some parts from your tour. They may ask "what was your favorite part of the tour?" This can be easy to answer if your interview is right after the tour but sometimes it isn't. So just take note.

Wow, where do I send your flowers? thank you